HELP! baby pidgeon think he's dying

[shibby69]

sorry for no introduction but i need help. i have just found a baby pidgeon he still has yellow whisps of feathers and a soft beak he looks dehydrated he was on a path in the middle of town and he would die if i left him so i bought him home, i made a nest like it says to... what shall i do

please help me

[Trees Gray]

Hello and thank you for helping this youngster.

Please follow instructions on this thread. He needs to be stabilized first, warmed up and then some flueds (like clear Pedialyte) after 20 to 30 minutes.

http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/showthread.php?t=8822

[Reti]

Put the baby in a box, with a heating pad set on low covered by a towel. If you have no heating pad you can put warm water in a bottle and the bottle in the box next to the baby, make sure the bottle is not hot. After the baby has warmed up for an hour or more start giving him fluids with an eye dropper or syringe. If you have Pedialyte even better. If not, you can add a little sugar and a little salt to the water.
All this time keep the baby warm.
After about four hours and only if the baby had dropping you can start feeding it a little at a time.
We will need to know the approximate age of the bird to know what to feed him. Does he have feathers or mostly yellow fluff. Can you post a pic, that would be great.

Thank you for rescuing this little one and keep us posted, please.

Reti

[shibby69]

they are the best ones i can get

[Reti]

Sorry, I can't see anything, the pics are too dark.

Reti

[shibby69]

you can just make out yellow whisps around his neck.... he has adult feathers though too. but his beak is still soft and large

[Trees Gray]

Hello again

Please go to the thread above and stabilize first.

Then go to this site and you can figure out the birds age from the pictures of youngsters at various ages.

http://www.speedpigeon.com/baby_racing_pigeon.htm

[shibby69]

anywhere between day 17 and day 22. i have put him in a quiet room in his box in his nest, with a bottle of warm water next to him. he feels quite warm anyway but i know that they should be really warm

[shibby69]

what else should i do?

[Trees Gray]

Follow the instruction on the above thread.

Once baby is warmed up you can start on fluids.

[shibby69]

okay, thankyou for the help, he is getting warmer and he is opened his eyes a little more, so i think he's getting better. does he have a chance at survival? i'll give him the water with a pinch of salt and sugar.... what quantity of water to sugar and salt?

thankyou alot

[Trees Gray]

Just give pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar to 1 cup of water, and stir well.
Slowly give it to him to the back of throat (behind the tongue) with a dropper.

We will do our best to help you to get him to survive, we just don't know how long he has been dehydrated.

[shibby69]

okay. not under his tongue, but diwn his throat? (want to get it right in case i choke him)

[Trees Gray]

If you give the water to him behind his tongue that will assure that he won't choke. You will see the hole in his tongue (that is his wind pipe)

[shibby69]

okay, thankyou. how often should i do this??? sorry for all of the questions